Of social media influencer we start in the us where wall street shares have hit new record highs after the senate struck a bi partisan deal for an infrastructure spending bill worth $1. 2 trillion. The eight year plan includes funding for roads, bridges, the power grid, public transport and internet. President biden has hailed the agreement, but it s a far cry from the $2 trillion he originally wanted and is missing the funding for his climate agenda and family care. From new york samira hussain has more. For a washington that has been mired in part as in politics, a bipartisan deal is something of a breakthrough. Although neither democrats nor republicans got everything they wanted, this package would spend billions of dollars on fixing america s roads, increasing internet access across the country and building more electric charging stations. The biggest sticking point was how to pay for the deal. Republicans made it clear they would not support increases to the corporate t
penalites in the euros final. good penalites in the euros final. morning, under clears parts good morning, under clearskies in parts of scotland and northern england there is a touch of frost. rain moving from the south west heading north east and behind that, some mild air. all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 29th of january. our main story. the scottish parliament will be recalled this afternoon, as first minister nicola sturgeon delivers an update on rising coronavirus infections. a record number of cases were also recorded in england, but there are still no plans to bring in new restrictions before new year s eve. meanwhile, the uk health security agency has said it has doubled the number of lateral flow kits available, after a group representing thousands of independent pharmacies across the uk claimed the supply was patchy, and they were sending people away empty handed. james reynolds reports. this month in scotland, there have b
has china s burgeoning military arsenal, gone hypersonic? beijing says reports it is trialling a new missile are wide of the mark, and in fact tests were for a new space ship. we ll get the expert view. hello and welcome. sir david amess loved, evil cannot triumph over the democracy sir david amess loved, said the prime minister today. our politics he said needs people like sir david. one by one the mp s rose to pay their own tribute. it was a friendlier politer day, a day when all factional differences were put to one side. labour s sir keir starmer said there were lessons to be learned from sir david s collaborative approach to politics, and he called for more civility in public life. this country needs people like sir david. this house needs people like sir david and our politics need people like sir david. dedicated, passionate, firm in his beliefs but never anything less than respectful for those who thought differently. when the tributes had been made the mp s filed
also tonight. following the chaos at wembley injuly, england are ordered to play its next uefa home game behind closed doors. buying a new gas boiler in england and wales should not be possible after 2035 under the government s green energy plans. and we look back at the life of colin powell, the first african american to serve as us secretary of state, who s died at the age of 8a. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, can arsenal continue their unbeaten run in the premier league against crystal palace, led by former gunners legend patrick vieira? good evening. the house of commons has observed a minute s silence in memory of sir david amess, the conservative mp for southend west who was stabbed to death last friday as he held a constituency surgery in essex. tributes from all sides of the house were led by the prime minister, who told mps that sir david s long running campaign to bestow city status on southend had been approved by the queen. sir david s family